Vick Hope is investigating the horror stories, and how they’re entering our reality, in her C5 show

Many viewers are convinced the strange hooded figure is a serial killer or a terrorist – while the video appears to be a call to assassinate the President of the United States.

Spurred on by the Slender Man stabbings, and the lengths ordinary people can be driven to by a fascination with the paranormal and viral images, Vick Hope becomes obsessed with tracking down the masked man.

In a 5STAR TV show called Slender Man Killings: Beyond Evil, a Halloween special which airs tonight, she delves into the world where fictional characters are driving people to kill in cold blood.

Vick tells the cameras: “With more and more shocking creations appearing online every day – the monsters and creatures in these videos may be fictional, but I find them deeply disturbing.

“There seems to be a global supply and demand for horror.

“Now there’s a new character in a viral video, who I think is even more horrifying than the Slender Man.

“This sinister figure has terrified several million people online, many of whom think he could be a real-life serial killer, or a terrorist.

“This is all so unsettling. I want to know who the man in this mask is, and exactly what his intentions are.

“Whether or not he’s a threat, no one knows yet. All I can tell from looking online is that he is super secretive. No one knows where he lives, what this video means.”

Vick manages to track down the man who uploaded the video, a Swedish guy called Johnny who says he received the CD in an envelope, covered in Polish stamps.

He explains: “I noticed it had Morse Code in it, so I thought this is some kind of puzzle, and I put it on the web. But then it blew up instantly.

“That’s when I realised this thing is really weird. I got kind of scared. Some people think it’s a threat. If I were to meet him in real life, I’d be pretty scared. He’s scared a lot of people with it.”